Gion: "This is bad. Ultear's magic was already troublesome to begin with. If Arton guides Ain too, Ain's strength will probably increase even more dramatically."
Doll: "Sigh. Ain getting stronger should have been something worth celebrating. That is, if Arton had chosen the path of the Marines instead of becoming a pirate."
Kujaku: "What a shame time can't flow backward… No, wait. If Ain's magic could make time flow backward to the moment Arton first transmigrated into this world, wouldn't we have a chance to stop that Celestial Dragon from opening fire on him?"
Sadi: "Ain's ability probably can't make time flow backward that far. Even if Ain could do it, as the person who brought out the template, would Arton really return to the past without his current memories?"
Domino: "So there really is no way to make Arton become someone on the Marines' side anymore? Sigh. How am I supposed to obtain a template from Arton, then?"
Sadi: "That is indeed a problem. I wonder if a honey trap would work."
When Sadi thought of the fan works Arton had drawn with her as the model, a wave of heat surged through her heart.
Although the fan works Arton drew were, to some extent, rather rude to the people who had been used as the models, the same was true for Sadi.
But after looking at them for so long, Sadi felt it was honestly not bad to treat those works as a kind of… spiritual nourishment.
At the very least, she now couldn't sleep well unless she looked over her own works a couple of times every day.
Of course, she couldn't look at them at night. If she looked at them at night, she might genuinely fail to sleep for the entire night.
What made Sadi feel regretful was that Arton currently didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to draw more fan works.
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That meant she had no way to see any new works, nor could she absorb any new knowledge from them.
"Speaking of which, that guy Arton actually drew a picture of me tied up and hanging in midair, while he stood behind me."
"And the me in the comic even had such an enjoying expression."
"Seriously, is that guy Arton really so sure I'd enjoy a situation like that?"
Sadi muttered to herself, then looked toward Domino beside her.
After Arton agreed to help Ain train, he shut off the livestream.
With no way to continue watching Arton through the sailing diary copy, Sadi naturally shifted her gaze to her colleague beside her.
"A honey trap probably wouldn't be enough to attract Arton. Arton likes the versions of us from the videos he's watched."
"But those are only the harmless versions of us in the videos."
"In this real world, the people under his pen could still pose a threat to him."
"So naturally, he'll choose to fight back when necessary. Gion is one example."
Domino spoke.
"That's true. If a honey trap worked on Arton…"
"Then he wouldn't have directly beaten Gion down back then, would he?"
Sadi spread both hands and said helplessly.
"Of course, Arton didn't show no mercy at all."
"If Arton hadn't held back, Gion would probably have died at that time."
Domino said.
"That's true too. Looks like becoming one of the characters under his pen isn't completely useless after all."
"At the very least, even if one day those of us standing against him really do get caught by him…"
"We probably won't be killed by him, right?"
Sadi said.
Chapter 695: A Honey Trap Probably Wouldn't Do Much Against Arton
"Even if we won't be killed by him because we were once characters under his pen…"
"If we really fell into his hands, I doubt we'd have a good time."
Domino said.
"Domino, you mean if we accidentally fall into Arton's hands…"
"He'd treat us like he does in the comics he drew?"
Sadi licked her lips and looked at Domino as she spoke.
"Why do I feel like you're getting a little excited, Sadi?"
Domino pushed up her sunglasses and looked at Sadi suspiciously.
"Cough, cough. What are you thinking? I'm not."
Sadi waved her hands and laughed a little awkwardly.
But in her heart, she knew very well that when she said that just now, she had indeed been looking forward to Arton properly "disciplining" her.
Although she hadn't admitted it at first, the more she looked at the scenes of herself being roughly handled by Arton in those fan works, the more Sadi realized that she was not only someone who liked tormenting people, but also someone who liked being tormented.
If possible, she wanted to be thoroughly "disciplined" in both body and mind, even if that meant being reduced to an animal that knew nothing but reproduction.
However, no matter what, Sadi was far too embarrassed to say such things to Domino.
Of course, what Sadi didn't know was that even if she didn't say it, Domino, as her good friend, had already seen through her thoughts.
"You really are… Forget it. Let's go to work."
Domino shook her head and stood up from her seat.
"Huh? We're going to work already?"
Sadi was startled.
"If we don't work, are you planning to keep taking a good look through all those works in your diary?"
"Be careful, or you'll have to go change your pants again later."
Domino teased.
"No, no, that won't happen. I've already seen those works plenty of times, so I'm not that interested anymore."
"But Domino, could you let me see your works? I'll trade mine with you."
Sadi said.
However, Domino didn't respond to her. She simply left the monitoring room at a brisk pace and headed toward her workplace.
"Seriously, can't she just let me see them? Is Domino shy or something?"
Sadi sighed, then walked back to the office as well.
On the other side, when Domino saw that Sadi hadn't followed her, she let out a long breath of relief.
She lowered her gaze to her personal sailing diary copy and skillfully found the fan works Arton had drawn.
"These things really can't be shown to other people after all."
"That guy Arton is something else. Drawing me wasn't enough for him. He even drew works of me and Sadi serving him together."
Although Domino complained out loud, she didn't close the work.
Gradually, she became absorbed in it, not even noticing that her clothes had started to grow damp.
"Would using a honey trap on Arton really not work?"
"If we gave Arton all the beautiful female criminals in Impel Down…"
"Would that be enough to make him turn back?"
Domino muttered while looking at the comic.
There was no helping it. After seeing the power of Arton's excellent templates, even someone as calm as Domino wanted to possess the power of a template.
If she really could obtain a template by paying a relatively small price, then it wasn't as though she would be unwilling.
Although Gion's honey trap had failed that time, if they could offer enough beautiful girls, perhaps there might be a different result.
Before she realized it, Domino began seriously considering that possibility.
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